Iron County register., 1887-01-06
FAREWELL CHANCES.

FAREWELL CHANCES.
That Was Mortal of John A. Logan
sc.nes at the old Home and at the Capt.
| tol-A Historic Bier Bought Into Use
| Again.
WASHINGTON, Dec 30-The scenes al
| General Logan's old home ON the hills
| overlooking this city were very impres
! slve this morning. Early in the day the
| body, dressed in civilian costume of black
broadcloth, the left breast covered with
| corps and association badges, was placed
| in the casket, and the family were admit
| ted to paw the last farewell alone with the
| dead.
| By this time the house was crowded
| with veterans and public men, and il
might almost be said to be full of flowers,
| while long rows of carriages seemed tc
| extend for miles from its gates.
! At eleven O'Clock the death chamber was
| opened, and senators, soldiers, veterans
| and visitors crowded in to pay their trlo-
| ute of respect, while the sobbing widow
| and bereaved relations fingered about the
| casket, which was banked in flowers and
! partially covered by the National flag.
| While the view Of the remains were being
| taken, the silence was broken by Rev.
| John P. Newman, who delivered an elo-
| quent and firm extemporaneous prayer.
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| the hearse, which had been drawn to the
| door by four black horses. Here a process
| sion formed, led by the honorary guards
| and guards Of honor from the Il. A. X.
| posts, Loyal Legion, United States artil-
| ery. Mexican War Veterans, etc, etc, sur
| rounded by veteran body guard and
| pail bearers, and followed by the Congress
| sional committee in carriages In this or
| der, with Union Veteran Corps band
a hn ly-
! down the hill into the city and toward the
| Capitol.
| Although it was cold, raw wintry
| morning. with an inch or two of snow on
| the ground, that had fallen during the
| night; yet as early as 10 d. m. a crowd of
| several hundred people had gathereda a
the Capitol waiting to view the remains.
| The drapery was removed from the Sen
| ate chamber, and the heavy drapery III the
| rotunda midway between the two houses,
| where the remains lie in state, was com
| pleted before eleven o'clock.
| The bier on which rested the remains of
! President Lincoln. Chief-Justice Chase,
| President Garfield and Thaddeus Stevens
! was stored in the crypt of the Capitol and
| recovered and used for the reception Of
| General Logans body.
| About noon floral offerings, brought
| from Calumet place, began to arrive at the
! TOtuuQfa anu were put III pOSiGiOu aDOut buG
! bier.
/ At 1:45 p. m. the cortege reached the
| Capitol, the guards cleared the way at the
last entrance and the caSket was placed
| upon the bier. Then the floral offerings
I were carefully arranged about it. and at
! two O'Clock the age-thousand of
| people having by this time gathered about
/ the eastern entrance-were permitted to
! file through and view the dead warrior
| and statesman.
, 1t is impossible to evenly roughly esti-
mate the number of persons who have
! passed through the rotunda of the Capitol
i to-day to pay the last mark Of respect to
j the remains of General Logan. Those who
have been III attendance since the body
/ was placed on the bier, say: eve can not
: tell how many have passed. Thousands
: and thousands have been here; no one can
estimate the NUMBER
When the lid was lifted from the caslSet
shortly before two o'clock about 5000 peo-
pie were outside the doors of the Capitol,
patiently awaiting an opportunity to view
the dead mans features. They formed ii
| closely-packed line six deep, extending
| from the bronze doors at the eastern en-
! trance of the rotunda down the Capitol
steps and across the carriage way TO the
| statute of Washington, situated at the
opposite end Of the paved space separat-
ing the Capitol building from the Green
!; park on the west. These 5000 people had
only time for a brief glance at the face
of the dead Senator, as they passed
at the rate of about seventy per minute.
The first to look at the body Were Senator
I and Mrs. Pratt. AS it grew dusk the
crowd thinned out perceptibly and more
time could be allowed each of it's com
ponent members. A large number OF
! ladies assed through the rotunda also, as
did many colored people. The men, as a
rule gave d short look and passed on,
while the women seemed to linger. Many
OF them were mere curiosity seekers, but
every little while some one passed who had
evidently more than curious interest in
the dead man.
Among the latter was a gentleman adj
parently forty-five years of age, whose
thin and apparently frail form was en-
vel0ped in All immense fur coat Of Vest
ern pattern He gazed tenderly at the
face of the dead, then slowly passed on
while the tears rolled down his checks
To an inquirer he said that his name was
Duncan and that he had been surgeon On
General Logan's staff when he commanded
the army of the Tennessee I'VE could bet.
ter have spared any man than Logan y said
the veteran, land l thought he would
be with US for long time TO come. All
Dallas we thought he had an amulet
which protected him from harm. During
the fight at that place. General Logan
mounted his horse and rode down through
a perfect shower of bullets on confede ,
rate battery. It seemed certain death. AS !
be waved his sword in the air his ragged
shirt showed the red one underneath. The !
men saw it, and all along the line the !
words rang, Black Jack is wounded Tho J.
thought gave Us trength and with cheer /
we charged, captured the battery and
turned certain defeat into victory. He.
always had that sort of influence over his (
men, !
At a late hour tonight a stream of peo- !
pie is slowly passing the coffin, and the
monotonous movement Is broken only by .
the periodic relief Of the guard. At the |
head and foot of the bier are stationed an !
artilleryman and a marine who stand j.
erect, passive and motionless, as if uncon- +
scious of everything going on around
them. On either side of the bier3 stands
the guard of honor detailed by the differ
ent organizations of which General Logan
was a member. These organizations are
the Grand Army of the Republic the
Union Veteran Corps, the LOYAL Legion
and the Columbia Commandery No 2, of
Knights Templar. Tomorrow the Masonic
fraternity will be represented by Cheva-
her Bayard Commandery, of Illinois, which
is expected to arrive tonight
Michigan's Soldiers Home Dedicated
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich, Dec 21-The !
Michigan Soldiers Home, situated two :
miles north of this city was dedicated
with imposing ceremonies Yesterday in
the presence of seven thousand five hun